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Carson

City in Los Angeles County, southwest California, 16km/10mi south of Los Angeles; population (1990) 84,000. Oil was discovered here in 1923 and industries include oil refining, chemicals, electronics, vehicle manufacture, and the production of aerospace equipment. Dominguez Hills, one of 20 campuses of California State University, the largest state-supported system of higher education in the United States, is here.

In 1782, Juan José Dominguez was granted land in this area and set up a ranch; the city is named after George H Carson (1829-1901), who married one of the descendants of Dominguez.
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The wilderness is the home of the trapper; like the sailor, he cares but little to which point of the compass he steers; and Jones and Carson readily abandoned their voyage to St.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Many's a time Kit Carson and he slept under the same blankets.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
Whether to admit Hercules among us or not, concerning this I long remained dubious: for though according to the Greek mythologies, that antique Crockett and Kit Carson --that brawny doer of rejoicing good deeds, was swallowed down and thrown up by a whale; still, whether that strictly makes a whaleman of him, that might be mooted.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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